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Detection and surveillance of chytridiomycosis
Detection and surveillance of chytridiomycosis are the laboratory methods and monitoring networks used to find the amphibian chytrid fungi Bd and Bsal, chiefly swab qPCR and environmental DNA assays.
Detection capability
Detection capability is the smallest quantity or concentration of a substance a measurement method can statistically distinguish from a reference state, defined in ISO 11843.
Detection Club
The Detection Club is a British society of crime writers founded in 1930 by Anthony Berkeley, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, and others, known for its oath on Eric the Skull, its fair-play rules, and round-robin novels such as The Floating Admiral.
Detection dog
Detection dog: a dog trained to scent-locate explosives, narcotics, human remains, agricultural pests, wildlife samples, or disease markers and alert a handler. Key facts: up to 250 million olfactory receptors, part-per-trillion sensitivity, double-blind testing reduces handler bias.
Detection limit
The detection limit, also called the limit of detection (LOD), is the smallest amount or concentration of a substance an analytical procedure can reliably distinguish from a blank sample.
Detection of stellar-mass black holes
Stellar-mass black holes are detected through companion-star orbits, X-rays from accreting binaries, Gaia astrometry, and microlensing; only a few tens of the Milky Way's predicted 100 million are confirmed.
Detection theory
Detection theory, most often called signal detection theory, is a framework for analyzing decisions between two states of the world under uncertainty, separating discriminability from response bias.
Detective
Detective: an investigator, police or private, who solves crimes rather than patrolling. Covers Bow Street Runners, Scotland Yard's 1842 Detective Branch, the 1878 CID, Pinkerton and Kate Warne, and clearance-rate research.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is a 2015 Hindi period mystery thriller by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Sushant Singh Rajput as Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's detective in 1943 wartime Calcutta; released 3 April 2015 by Yash Raj Films, it earned ₹27.05 crore in India.
Detective Chinatown (唐人街探案)
Detective Chinatown (唐人街探案) is a 2015 Chinese comedy-mystery film directed and co-written by Chen Sicheng, starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran as amateur detectives solving a murder in Bangkok's Chinatown.
Detective Chinatown (唐人街探案) (2020 TV series)
Detective Chinatown (唐人街探案网剧) is a 2020 iQIYI Chinese suspense web series, a 12-episode spin-off of the Detective Chinatown films with three four-episode cases starring Qiu Ze as detective Lin Mo.
Detective Chinatown 1900 (唐人街·探案1900)
Detective Chinatown 1900 (唐探1900) is a 2025 Chinese comedy-mystery prequel, the fourth Detective Chinatown film, directed by Chen Sicheng and Dai Mo. Set in 1900 San Francisco Chinatown, it stars Liu Haoran and Wang Baoqiang and grossed over 3.4 billion yuan.
Detective Chinatown 2 (Web Series) (唐人街探案2 (网络剧))
Detective Chinatown 2 (唐人街探案2 (网络剧), also Tang Ren Jie Tan An 2) is a 2024 iQIYI Chinese suspense web series, second season of the Detective Chinatown web spin-off: 16 episodes, four units, detectives Lin Mo and KIKO, Chen Sicheng as chief screenwriter.
Detective Chinatown 2 (唐人街探案2)
Detective Chinatown 2 (唐人街探案2), also released in Japan as 唐人街探偵 NEW YORK MISSION, is Chen Sicheng's 2018 Chinese comedy-mystery sequel set in New York, where Tang Ren and Qin Feng join a World Detective Contest; it earned about 3.4 billion yuan as the 2018 Spring Festival box-office champion and introduced the Crimaster detective ranking.
Detective Chinatown 3 (唐人街探案3)
Detective Chinatown 3 (唐人街探案3) is a 2021 Chinese comedy-mystery film by Chen Sicheng, third in the series, set in Tokyo with Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran; it set Spring Festival box office records (3.562 billion yuan) despite a series-low 5.9 Douban score.
Detective Comics
Detective Comics (DC) is DC Comics' longest-running comic book, a detective anthology launched March 1937 by Wheeler-Nicholson that introduced Batman in #27 (1939) and Robin in #38; the company's name derives from its initials, with legacy numbering resumed after the 2011 New 52 reset.
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (名探偵コナン 黒鉄の魚影)
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (名探偵コナン 黒鉄の魚影) is the 26th Detective Conan theatrical anime film, released April 14, 2023 by Toho. Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa, it pits Conan and Haibara against the Black Organization at the Pacific Buoy facility and set a series opening record.
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway (名探偵コナン ハイウェイの堕天使) is the 29th Detective Conan theatrical anime film, directed by Takahiro Hasui, released in Japan April 10, 2026 by Toho; it follows Conan and officer Chihaya Hagiwara chasing the black bike Lucifer, grossing ¥13.7 billion.
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (名探偵コナン 銀翼の奇術師)
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky (名探偵コナン 銀翼の奇術師), 2004, is the eighth Conan theatrical film: Kaito Kid targets the Star Sapphire, a murder occurs aboard Sky Japan flight 865, and the jet lands on Muroran's Sakimori wharf; 2.85 billion yen box office.
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (名探偵コナン 隻眼の残像)
Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback (名探偵コナン 隻眼の残像) is a 2025 Japanese animated mystery film, the 28th theatrical Detective Conan feature, released in Japan on April 18, 2025.
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的) is the 1998 second theatrical film of Detective Conan, directed by Kenji Kodama, with attacks on Kogoro Mouri's associates counted down by playing-card numbers in their names; it grossed ¥1.85 billion.
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century
Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century (名探偵コナン 世紀末の魔術師) is the third Detective Conan film, released April 17, 1999. Directed by Kenji Kodama, it pits Conan against Phantom Thief Kid over the Romanov Imperial Easter Egg and grossed 2.6 billion yen.
Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram
Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram (名探偵コナン 100万ドルの五稜星) is the 27th Conan anime film, released April 12, 2024, set in Hakodate around Hijikata Toshizo's katana; it grossed ¥15.8 billion, the franchise record.
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street
Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (名探偵コナン ベイカー街の亡霊) is the sixth Detective Conan movie, released April 20, 2002. Directed by Kenji Kodama, written by Hisashi Nozawa, it pits Conan against Jack the Ripper inside a hijacked VR game and earned about 3.4 billion yen.
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸)
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸, Meitantei Conan: Hiiro no Dangan) is the 24th Detective Conan theatrical anime film, directed by Tomoka Nagaoka, released April 16, 2021 after a COVID-19 postponement, centered on the WSG in Tokyo, a vacuum superconducting linear train, and the Akai family, grossing 7.65 billion yen in Japan.
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼), also Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper, is the 1997 first theatrical Detective Conan film, directed by Kenji Kodama, 95 minutes, released by Toho, about a bomber targeting architect Moritani's buildings.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (狄仁杰之通天帝国)
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (狄仁杰之通天帝国) is Tsui Hark's 2010 Chinese-Hong Kong action-mystery film starring Andy Lau as Tang detective Di Renjie, released by Huayi Brothers, first of the Detective Dee trilogy.
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (狄仁杰之四大天王) is Tsui Hark's 2018 Chinese fantasy action film, third in the Detective Dee series, starring Mark Chao; released July 27, 2018, grossing about 606 million yuan in China.
Detective fiction
Detective fiction, also called detective stories or detective literature: narratives centered on a detective solving a crime by ratiocination, from Poe's Dupin and Sherlock Holmes to Golden Age whodunits, hardboiled fiction, and police procedurals.
Detective Forst
Detective Forst (Forst) is a 2024 Polish Netflix crime drama, six episodes, adapted from Remigiusz Mróz's novels Ekspozycja and Przewieszenie, starring Borys Szyc as suspended Zakopane detective Wiktor Forst hunting the Beast of Giewont; filmed in the Tatra Mountains.